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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are at Wootton in Honors PreCalc as well. The teacher is very intimidating and explained at BTS night that this will be a hard class. She said real math starts now and everything prior to this did not count. I was scared leaving BTS night. We have a tutor now once a week via Zoom. Not sure if it will help as we just started. NHS and advisory period can be used for help as well. Or before school this particular teacher is there for visits.[/quote]

Is your child complaining that assessments are very short like 20 minutes for 10 problems? This has been one of my son’s issues. That said I do not want to blame the teacher in any way, although I was scared too leaving BTS night. [/quote]

I will. This teacher is putting his own ego above the students's learning, compensating for his own insecurity by lording over the students that he is better at math than they are.

My excellent AP teacher said that when he gives a test, he times himself doing it, and then gives the kids triple that time. [/quote]

You are making stuff up. Why would you jump to that conclusion? Perhaps the students in question are just ill-prepared.[/quote]

The students in question aren't unprepared at Back to School Night.

There's no "preparation" for gimmicky speed tests. That's plain bad pedagogy.
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I agree, quizzes where students are still learning the concepts, but also designed to put them in time pressure are a terrible idea. Teachers should be considerate of giving a reasonable amount of time if they actually want to test student understanding.[/quote]

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